Difference between revisions of "HAPPEX Charge Asymmetry Feedback"
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| − | === | + | === Summary of the components (pink boxes):=== |
| + | * Polarized Source - IA Cell | ||
| + | The electron beam is created by illuminating a GaAs Cathode with circularly polarized light. Before this light is circularly polarized (with a randomly flipped 30Hz Pockels Cell), the linearly polarized beam traverses through the "IA Cell". This system contains it's own Pockels Cell whose voltage is controlled at the same 30Hz random flip as the main Pockels Cell. It's purpose is to vary the intensity of the linearly polarized light, in a beam helicity correlated way. This provides the control to | ||
| − | + | * Hall A - Beam Current Monitor | |
| − | + | * HAPPEX DAQ - Counting House Crate | |
| − | + | * Parity Analyzer (PAN) - compiled specifically for feedback | |
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| − | === | + | === Summary of the communications (arrows) === |
| + | * CW Electron Beam | ||
| − | + | * BCM Downconverter - TWINAX Cable | |
| − | + | * CODA - Event Transfer (ET) | |
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| + | * EPICS | ||
Revision as of 10:56, 4 November 2008
The HAPPEX DAQ is run to provide beam charge asymmetry feedback for the Polarized 3He experiments. This page will briefly describe the the system, and how to recover it if it does not work.
Introduction - The Feedback Loop
Summary of the components (pink boxes):
- Polarized Source - IA Cell
The electron beam is created by illuminating a GaAs Cathode with circularly polarized light. Before this light is circularly polarized (with a randomly flipped 30Hz Pockels Cell), the linearly polarized beam traverses through the "IA Cell". This system contains it's own Pockels Cell whose voltage is controlled at the same 30Hz random flip as the main Pockels Cell. It's purpose is to vary the intensity of the linearly polarized light, in a beam helicity correlated way. This provides the control to
- Hall A - Beam Current Monitor
- HAPPEX DAQ - Counting House Crate
- Parity Analyzer (PAN) - compiled specifically for feedback
Summary of the communications (arrows)
- CW Electron Beam
- BCM Downconverter - TWINAX Cable
- CODA - Event Transfer (ET)
- EPICS
